200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1996

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Back in 1996, the population of the United States was 265,189,794 — and that number includes the almost four million brand new babies born that year.

Then, of the two million or so of those that were boys, the number 1 baby name was Michael, with 38,365 little Michaels born that year.

In addition to all those boys named Michael, there were also a few other people you might have heard of who arrived that year — like Tom Holland, Noah Centineo, Lucas Hedges and Tye Sheridan.

Here, check out the top 200 baby names for boys born in the US in 1996! You can sort the list by popularity rank, in alphabetical order, or by the number of letters in the name — plus you can also choose to view some or all of the records. (You can search for all or part of a baby name using the search area on the upper right of the table.)

Listed and ranked by popularity: The 200 most popular baby names for boys born in 1996

Rank	Name	Number of letters
1	Michael	7 letters
2	Matthew	7 letters
3	Jacob	5 letters
4	Christopher	11 letters
5	Joshua	6 letters
6	Nicholas	8 letters
7	Tyler	5 letters
8	Brandon	7 letters
9	Austin	6 letters
10	Andrew	6 letters
11	Daniel	6 letters
12	Joseph	6 letters
13	David	5 letters
14	Zachary	7 letters
15	John	4 letters
16	Ryan	4 letters
17	James	5 letters
18	William	7 letters
19	Anthony	7 letters
20	Justin	6 letters
21	Jonathan	8 letters
22	Alexander	9 letters
23	Robert	6 letters
24	Christian	9 letters
25	Kyle	4 letters
26	Kevin	5 letters
27	Jordan	6 letters
28	Thomas	6 letters
29	Benjamin	8 letters
30	Samuel	6 letters
31	Cody	4 letters
32	Jose	4 letters
33	Dylan	5 letters
34	Aaron	5 letters
35	Eric	4 letters
36	Brian	5 letters
37	Nathan	6 letters
38	Steven	6 letters
39	Adam	4 letters
40	Timothy	7 letters
41	Jason	5 letters
42	Logan	5 letters
43	Charles	7 letters
44	Patrick	7 letters
45	Richard	7 letters
46	Sean	4 letters
47	Hunter	6 letters
48	Caleb	5 letters
49	Cameron	7 letters
50	Noah	4 letters
51	Jesse	5 letters
52	Juan	4 letters
53	Connor	6 letters
54	Alex	4 letters
55	Mark	4 letters
56	Jeremy	6 letters
57	Luis	4 letters
58	Dakota	6 letters
59	Stephen	7 letters
60	Devin	5 letters
61	Gabriel	7 letters
62	Ethan	5 letters
63	Trevor	6 letters
64	Jared	5 letters
65	Evan	4 letters
66	Bryan	5 letters
67	Carlos	6 letters
68	Tristan	7 letters
69	Nathaniel	9 letters
70	Ian	3 letters
71	Isaiah	6 letters
72	Jeffrey	7 letters
73	Travis	6 letters
74	Jesus	5 letters
75	Luke	4 letters
76	Chase	5 letters
77	Kenneth	7 letters
78	Paul	4 letters
79	Dustin	6 letters
80	Antonio	7 letters
81	Elijah	6 letters
82	Taylor	6 letters
83	Bradley	7 letters
84	Blake	5 letters
85	Garrett	7 letters
86	Isaac	5 letters
87	Marcus	6 letters
88	Mitchell	8 letters
89	Jack	4 letters
90	Tanner	6 letters
91	Miguel	6 letters
92	Adrian	6 letters
93	Lucas	5 letters
94	Corey	5 letters
95	Peter	5 letters
96	Edward	6 letters
97	Malik	5 letters
98	Gregory	7 letters
99	Dalton	6 letters
100	Victor	6 letters
101	Derek	5 letters
102	Angel	5 letters
103	Seth	4 letters
104	Mason	5 letters
105	Colton	6 letters
106	Cole	4 letters
107	Alejandro	9 letters
108	Scott	5 letters
109	Spencer	7 letters
110	Brett	5 letters
111	Shawn	5 letters
112	Shane	5 letters
113	Jorge	5 letters
114	Jake	4 letters
115	Collin	6 letters
116	Vincent	7 letters
117	Alec	4 letters
118	George	6 letters
119	Grant	5 letters
120	Bryce	5 letters
121	Dillon	6 letters
122	Erik	4 letters
123	Eduardo	7 letters
124	Joel	4 letters
125	Oscar	5 letters
126	Colin	5 letters
127	Devon	5 letters
128	Ricardo	7 letters
129	Julian	6 letters
130	Cristian	8 letters
131	Brendan	7 letters
132	Raymond	7 letters
133	Francisco	9 letters
134	Wyatt	5 letters
135	Dominic	7 letters
136	Jackson	7 letters
137	Wesley	6 letters
138	Johnathan	9 letters
139	Henry	5 letters
140	Omar	4 letters
141	Xavier	6 letters
142	Casey	5 letters
143	Alan	4 letters
144	Cory	4 letters
145	Manuel	6 letters
146	Riley	5 letters
147	Mario	5 letters
148	Edgar	5 letters
149	Clayton	7 letters
150	Phillip	7 letters
151	Nicolas	7 letters
152	Martin	6 letters
153	Javier	6 letters
154	Chance	6 letters
155	Troy	4 letters
156	Ronald	6 letters
157	Chandler	8 letters
158	Keith	5 letters
159	Donald	6 letters
160	Andres	6 letters
161	Chad	4 letters
162	Frank	5 letters
163	Levi	4 letters
164	Jeremiah	8 letters
165	Drew	4 letters
166	Ivan	4 letters
167	Sergio	6 letters
168	Hayden	6 letters
169	Derrick	7 letters
170	Cesar	5 letters
171	Jonathon	8 letters
172	Andre	5 letters
173	Hector	6 letters
174	Marco	5 letters
175	Roberto	7 letters
176	Brady	5 letters
177	Maxwell	7 letters
178	Fernando	8 letters
179	Parker	6 letters
180	Alexis	6 letters
181	Douglas	7 letters
182	Darius	6 letters
183	Calvin	6 letters
184	Liam	4 letters
185	Philip	6 letters
186	Kaleb	5 letters
187	Trenton	7 letters
188	Erick	5 letters
189	Preston	7 letters
190	Ruben	5 letters
191	Curtis	6 letters
192	Gavin	5 letters
193	Johnny	6 letters
194	Jerry	5 letters
195	Sebastian	9 letters
196	Edwin	5 letters
197	Jonah	5 letters
198	Pedro	5 letters
199	Conner	6 letters
200	Bailey	6 letters